Sharp 2060TC-F

A 20 in (508 mm) swing and 59.05 in between centers define the Sharp 2060TC-F, the middle of the three smaller flat bed CNC lathes Sharp builds around the FANUC Oi-TF control. Its spindle bore is 3.37 in (85.59 mm), a full inch more than the 2.37 in (60.19 mm) of the 1840TC-F.

That bore is the reason to choose it. Bar and tube that will not pass through the smaller machine's spindle can be fed through this one, and the longer bed, 102.2 in against 82.5 in on the 1840TC-F, takes shafts about half as long again. The carriage is unchanged: cross slide travel is 10.63 in (270 mm) and the bed is 14.5 in (368.3 mm) wide, so this is a longer and larger-bored lathe on the same cross-section, not a heavier-duty one.

Power is unchanged too, a Fanuc 10 hp motor. Sharp's overview describes 2 steps of gear speed change covering 40-2,000 rpm, a lower top speed than the smaller model, which suits the bigger diameters. The page disagrees with itself on the spindle nose, naming one camlock size in the overview and another in the table, and its speed row does not match the overview either; both rows are left out of the table here and should be confirmed with Sharp.

Swing over the cross slide is 11 in (279.4 mm). The machine weighs 6,614 lb and measures 10 x 4.58 x 6.08 ft (3.04 x 1.39 x 1.85 m). Standard equipment is sparse by design: full enclosure splash guard, 4-way programmable tool post, electronic handwheels and a chip tray.